English Rhetoric Devices 英语常用修辞手法课件.ppt

英语修辞(EnglishRhetoricDevices)Figuresofspeech(修辞)arewaysofmakingourlanguagefigurative.Whenweusewordsinotherthantheirordinaryorliteralsensetolendforcetoanidea,toheighteneffect,ortocreatesuggestiveimagery,wearesaidtobespeakingorwritingfiguratively.Rhetoricdevicesmakeyourspeeches,essaysetc.moreinterestingandlivelyandhelpyoutogetandkeepyourreader’s/listener’sattention.Nowwearegoingtotalkaboutsomecommonformsoffiguresofspeech.EnglishRhetoricDevices英语常用修辞手法

Simile：(明喻）Itisanexpressedlikeness,whichmakesacomparisonbetweentwounlikeelementshavingatleastonequalityorcharacteristic(特性)incommon.Tomakethecomparison,wordslikeas,as...as,asifandlikeareusedtotransferthequalityweassociatewithonetotheother.e.gAscoldwateristoathirstysoul,soisgoodnewsfromafarcountry.Reasonistofaithastheeyetothetelescope.Hebellowedlikeabullseekingcombat.EnglishRhetoricDevices英语常用修辞手法

Metaphor：(暗喻）Itislikeasimile,alsomakesacomparisonbetweentwounlikeelements,butunlikeasimile,thiscomparisonisimpliedratherthanstated.e.gTheworldisastage.Thefountainofknowledgewilldryupunlessitiscontinuouslyreplenishedbystreamsofnewlearning.Youreyeisthelampofyourbody;whenyoureyeissound,yourwholebodyisfulloflight;butwhenitisnotsound,yourbodyisfullofdarkness.EnglishRhetoricDevices英语常用修辞手法

Analogy:(类比）Itisalsoaformofcomparison,butunlikesimileormetaphorwhichusuallyusescomparisonononepointofresemblance,analogydrawsaparallelbetweentwounlikethingsthathaveseveralcommonqualitiesorpointsofresemblance.Thepatternis:aistobascistod借助一些共同的相似之点来做平行的比较，比明喻和暗喻着眼点更广阔。e.gShoeistofootastireistowheel

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